In our testing, we have found that Windows Speech Recognition can have difficulty identifying what is said. To help improve the speech recognition, we recommend using a headset with a microphone.

How to start Speech Recognition:

• Press Windows Start button and type “Control Panel” and select the first search result.
•  Go to “Ease of Access” “Speech Recognition” “Start Speech Recognition”

Note:  If you desire to launch Speech Recognition via a key combination, be aware that for security reasons, LockDown Browser cannot permit Windows+H to be used.  It will be necessary to use a 3rd party tool to map a different key combination to launch the utility.
 

How to use:

• After starting Speech Recognition, an overlay will appear at the top of the screen.
•  Select the microphone button to make the Speech Recognition hear your voice. Deselect the microphone button to ensure the software is not listening for commands.

•  After clicking the button, you can enter text into text fields by speaking. This functionality will continue to work after opening Respondus LockDown Browser.

Note: Currently the text editor does not permit the Windows Speech Recognition’s voice-to-text feature to work on essay type questions in Canvas and Blackboard. This is a known issue outside of LockDown Browser.